keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (01/16/86)
The discussions of V-2s causes me to repeat a posting I made to
net.politics some years ago. Old timers please forgive me:
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The V-2 rocket was justified by Hitler as revenge against the Allied
bombing of Germany. It cost billions of marks, and didn't do very much
damage. Some military historians claim that it was waste of money, and
the Nazis could have spent their money on more effective weapons. However:
The technical descendants of the V-2 are sitting in silos and
submarines throughout the northern hemisphere, poised to smash the former
enemies of Nazi Germany. The former Allies have spent far more than Hitler
ever did preparing to complete the job the V-2 started. While it's true
that some of these missiles are pointed at Germany, most of those are
pointed at allied occupation bases! Vengeance indeed.
Perhaps the Nazis planned it that way all along, and are waiting in
South America to start the Fourth Reich...any paranoids out there care
to speculate?
I'm putting this in net.politics, although perhaps this belongs in
net.space or net.humor. Perhaps even net.suicide.
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;-) ICBMs - you can't live with them, and you can't live without them! ;-)
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ARPAnet:keithl.tek@rand-relayhenry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (01/19/86)
> ...The technical descendants of the V-2 are sitting in silos and > submarines throughout the northern hemisphere, poised to smash the former > enemies of Nazi Germany... > > Perhaps the Nazis planned it that way all along, and are waiting in > South America to start the Fourth Reich... Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity! -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry